Humility is not thinking less of yourself, it's thinking of yourself less.
It is unwise to be too sure of one's own wisdom. It is healthy to be reminded that the strongest might weaken and the wisest might err.
Humility is not thinking less of yourself; it is thinking of yourself less. Humility is thinking more of others.
It is unwise to be too sure of one's own wisdom.
A man who wants to lead the orchestra must turn his back on the crowd.
I have three precious things which I hold fast and prize. The first is gentleness; the second frugality; the third is humility, which keeps me from putting myself before others. Be gentle and you can be bold; be frugal and you can be liberal; avoid putting yourself before others and you can become a leader among men.
A leader is best when people barely know that he exists.
Be gentle and you can be bold; be frugal and you can be liberal; avoid putting yourself before others and you can become a leader among men.
Do you wish to rise? Begin by descending.
A leader is best when people barely know he exists, when his work is done, his aim fulfilled, they will say: we did it ourselves.
Pride makes us artificial and humility makes us real.
Leadership and learning are indispensable to each other.
Do you wish to rise? Begin by descending. You plan a tower that will pierce the clouds? Lay first the foundation of humility.
There is no respect for others without humility in one's self.
We come nearest to the great when we are great in humility.
Sense shines with a double luster when it is set in humility. An able yet humble man is a jewel worth a kingdom.
Humility is the solid foundation of all virtues.
Humility is the only true wisdom by which we prepare our minds for all the possible changes of life.
Humility leads to strength and not to weakness. It is the highest form of self-respect to admit mistakes and to make amends for them.
Fullness of knowledge always and necessarily means some understanding of the depths of our ignorance, and that is always conducive to both humility and reverence.
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